Many parents do not have anyone who can watch the children while they go and work. Sometimes you will find a child as young as 4 or 5 taking care of a baby. Children here are not able to stay children for long. Taking care of the house and younger siblings is life for many young ones in Bolivia. It is very sad and sometimes I get very angry when I see this, but what can I do...nothing. So when we do find ones at home that are old enough to understand why we are there, we ask them about God and see if they know he has a name. Then we show them Psalms 83:18. They really do like knowing that God's name is Jehovah. We had a young boy about 8 at the door the other day and showed him this scripture. When we left the door he came running after us to bring us both a piece of candy to show how grateful he was. (He was very poor and this was a huge thing to give us his candy.) We told him we would bring the Bible Stories Book back for him and read him a story each week out of it. He was very happy. So in our ministry we meet a lot of children. I always think about how much Jehovah loves them and try to treat them with respect and teach them something about Jehovah.
That is so sad.. but you have a great attitude towards them- 'treat them with respect & help them learn something about Jehovah'. :) You never know what kind of impact you will have on them. Keep up the good work!!
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